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A German competitor at the Sochi Winter Olympics faces a hearing over an “anomalous” result in a drug test.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) announced the finding in a statement and said that and International Olympic Committee disciplinary commission hearing would be held later on Friday.
The DOSB statement read:
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has been informed on Thursday evening at 21.30 Sochi by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that a member of the German Olympic team’s A sample has given an adverse result.
German news agency DPA has named the person involved as the female biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, 33, although there has been no official confirmation from German or Olympic authorities.
Sachenbacher-Stehle, winner of five medals in previous Olympics, finished fourth in the women’s 12.5km biathlon race.
A German athlete failed a drug test at the Sochi Winter Games, becoming the first participant to face a doping hearing with the Olympic competition entering its final weekend.
The athlete was named as Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, 33, who finished fourth in the women’s biathlon 12.5-kilometer race, by German news agency DPA, which didn’t say where it got the information. The athlete produced an “anomalous” reading on the first sample, the German Olympic Sports Confederation, or DOSB, said on its website today without naming the competitor.
The DOSB said it was informed of the abnormal test reading yesterday by the International Olympic Committee. The athlete’s second sample will be tested and a hearing will be held today before an IOC disciplinary committee, the national body said.
